Greetings and welcome to my online journal Self-Portrait Version Eleventy-Billion! This latest incarnation will be primarily focused on entries for the 100 Words writing project, as well as journalling collaborations such as Holidailies and Alphabytes, and, of course, my photography. I might still do longer entries, but I am no longer requiring it of myself. In a sense, I’ve set myself free from the stress that often accomplanied writing a long, thoughtful entry. (And let’s face it, my longtime readers, many of my entries were long, but they are hardly thoughtful!) Now I’m just trying for 100 words per day, and so far this month (January 06) I’ve been doing a pretty good job. We’ll see how I do the rest of the year and beyond!

Also, you’ve probably noticed I have switched to Wordpress. That was another way to relieve my stress, though by no means a new idea; I used Blogger just a couple years ago, and have toyed around with Typepad, though I never actually used it for my journal. I guess I had it in my head that because I started this is an online journal not a blog, that switching to a blog-type format rather than doing my own html somehow made me a wimp. Well, call me a wimp if you must, but dang it, I’m tired of hand-coding! And, frankly, I don’t have time for that anymore. Therefore: Wordpress.

So, that’s it, the new Self-Portrait: 100 words a day, the occasional longer journal entry, journal writing projects, and lots of pretty pictures. Cheers!